Read the excerpt from sonnet 11 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
"This weary minstrel-life that once was girt To climb Aornus, and can scarce avail To pipe now 'gainst the valley nightingale A melancholy music-----"
The allusion to Aornus and the description of the speaker's singing voice are meant to show readers that the speaker_____
O once was lonely but now is in love
O once was humble but now is proud
O once was strong but now is weak
O once was ill but now is well